Decisions Upend Judges' Lives (Judge George Greer at AMA Annual Meeting)

CAL Law ^ | August 13, 2007 | Mike McKee

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More than two years after enraging right-wing groups by ordering Terry Schiavo's feeding tube removed, George Greer still peers over his shoulder nervously at times.

In fact, the Florida judge told a rapt audience Friday at the American Bar Association's annual meeting, he even used an alias when he registered at his San Francisco hotel on this trip.

Two years ago, he said, someone in the Bay Area threatened to kill him over his decision to end life support for the brain-damaged Schiavo. And even though that person was prosecuted and jailed, Greer said, he's taking no chances.

"It is a little unnerving," he said. "I still can't see a strange car come down my street without wondering [who's behind the steering wheel]."

Greer talked about he and his wife had to be placed under 24-hour watch after Operation Rescue posted their home address and phone number on its Web site. All of their mail was checked by authorities and on one occasion dead flowers were delivered to their condominium with a note reading, "No Food, No Water" — a reference to Schiavo.

"It got to the point," Greer said, "that we felt a little trapped in our apartment."

[Dante3]

I am not accusing Judge Greer of fabricating the threats. But such cases have occurred, perhaps the best know being Rev. Jim Jones who fabricated threats against himself and had his supporters write letters that appeared to be from lunatics or the KKK, some mailed to him while others were sent to politicians and the media.

[Papabear47]

I am late responding,but you are 100% correct about her parents wanting to help her.Neither my wife or I are particularly religious,however what the courts and her husband did to her is in our eyes a mortal sin and those responsible should rot in the lowest reaches of hell along with child killers/molesters.